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Mr Louie French vs Sammy Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup
vs
Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 563 shared comparable votes.

438 same votes 125 different votes 563 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 100% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
52 Aye 20 No
Migration 54% aligned 72 shared votes
45 Aye 27 No
7 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 65% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
37 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 68% aligned 76 shared votes
41 Aye 35 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.2%
8% above average
Rank 193 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
999
1,246 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
504
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
495
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 9 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
78
-65.5 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 65 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
Renters' Rights Bill: Third Reading 14 Jan 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Safety of Rwanda Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 10D 17 Apr 2024
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
No
Aye
That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment 10B 15 Apr 2024
No
No
Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 4 19 Mar 2024
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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